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* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'''s BigBad is Hela, played by Creator/CateBlanchett, but the movie spends a good chunk of its runtime -- and some of its most memorable scenes -- with Thor and the Hulk trying to escape from the gladiatorial pits of The Grand Master, an unrelated villain played by Creator/JeffGoldblum who has no particular ties to the situation with Hela and [[KarmaHoudini vanishes from the narrative]] as soon as Thor gets back to Asgard.

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* ''Film/ThorRagnarok'''s BigBad is Hela, played by Creator/CateBlanchett, but the movie spends a good chunk of its runtime -- and some of its most memorable scenes -- with Thor and the Hulk trying to escape from the gladiatorial pits of The Grand Master, an unrelated villain played by Creator/JeffGoldblum who has no particular ties to the situation with Hela and [[KarmaHoudini vanishes from the narrative]] narrative as soon as Thor gets back to Asgard.Asgard, apart from TheStinger showing him defeated.
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* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'': Neither Booster nor Valentina have anything to do with the Smithy Gang but serve as the [[ArcVillain Arc Villains]] of their respective portions of the game.

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Aang and his friends make an enemy out of Wan Shi Tong when they use his library to gain an edge over the Fire Nation after he told them not to abuse its knowledge.

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Aang and his friends make an enemy out of Wan Shi Tong when they use his library to gain an edge over the Fire Nation after he told them not to abuse its knowledge.knowledge.
** While Team Avatar was planning on going to Ba Sing Se regardless, [[EvilChancellor Long Feng]] and the [[SecretPolice Dai Li]] become threats the Gaang are forced to overcome before they can accomplish anything in the city. And even worse, the Dai Li manage to keep the heroes occupied ''just'' long enough for the actual ArcVillain to sneak into the city.
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* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy2005'' has two. Humma Kavula (John Malkovich's character) and the poetry-reading bureaucrats. The band of heroes has to get through them before the final act villain reveal.

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* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy2005'' ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'' has two. Humma Kavula (John Malkovich's character) and the poetry-reading bureaucrats. The band of heroes has to get through them before the final act villain reveal.
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* ''Film/TheBatman'': Despite being a big canonical villain, The Penguin here is an intermediary step for Batman to get through to the Riddler's plans.

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* ''Film/TheBatman'': ''Film/TheBatman2022'': Despite being a big canonical villain, The Penguin here is an intermediary step for Batman to get through to the Riddler's plans.
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* ''Film/TheBatman'': Despite being a big canonical villain, The Penguin here is an intermediary step for Batman to get through to the Riddler's plans.


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* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy2005'' has two. Humma Kavula (John Malkovich's character) and the poetry-reading bureaucrats. The band of heroes has to get through them before the final act villain reveal.
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* ''[[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Slayers NEXT]]'': Lina and her friends are searching for an edition of the [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Claire Bible Manuscript]], in which they run into at least one foe un-associated with Gavv who owns what they believe to be a copy.

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* ''[[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} ''[[Literature/{{Slayers}} Slayers NEXT]]'': Lina and her friends are searching for an edition of the [[GreatBigBookOfEverything Claire Bible Manuscript]], in which they run into at least one foe un-associated with Gavv who owns what they believe to be a copy.
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* Killa Harkan in ''Film/JohnWickChapter4''. He's connected to the High Table, but ultimately has nothing to do with [[BigBad the Marquis]] and his plans. But John has to kill Killa in order for his old association to sponsor his DuelToTheDeath with Marquis.
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* ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' starts out with Scorpius as the BigBad, then it shifts to his daughter Trakeena. Then when the Power Rangers end up in the Lost Galaxy, a new villain, Captain Mutiny (a living pirate ship monster who is also a space pirate whose "ship" is a castle riding on a dinosaur) is the temporary BigBad until they get out [[spoiler: only for Trakeena to have DroppedABridgeOnHim as soon as he follows behind]]. He at first pretends to want to help, offering a box that will supposedly help them get home, but when they go to investigate and Karone notices he has slaves digging for gemstnoes, they realize he's up to no good. They all overhear Mutiny talking about a monster called Grunchor and try to get back in time to stop Mike from opening the box. They're too late but they do defeat Grunchor (albeit using a special attack that requires all the Megazords operating in unison) and Captain Mutiny remains the primary antagonist until they can escape the Lost Galaxy. In fact, one plot point is that they have to free all of Mutiny's slaves before they can leave.
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